Transaction in Own Shares

FirstGroup plc

Transaction in own shares

FirstGroup plc ("FirstGroup") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 8 June 2023, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	19 March 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased	126,064
Weighted average price paid (p)	177.10
Highest price paid (p)	178.40
Lowest price paid (p)	174.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 110,062,254 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,632,761. FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares as treasury shares but may cancel them in the due course.

The total number of voting rights in FirstGroup, excluding treasury shares as at 19 March 2024 is 640,632,761. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, FirstGroup under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contacts at FirstGroup: Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations David Blizzard, Company Secretary [e-mail] Tel: [phone]	Contacts at Brunswick PR: Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer Tel: [phone]
Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited: Nicholas How / John Fishley Tel: [phone]	Contacts at RBC Europe Limited: James Agnew / Jack Wood Tel: [phone]

Transaction details

Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

ISIN: GB0003452173

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: RBC Europe Limited

Intermediary Code: ROYCGB22

Timezone: GMT

Currency: GBp

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of the individual trades made by RBC Europe Limited on behalf of FirstGroup as part of the Programme is detailed below:

Aggregate information: 

Venue	Weighted average price (pence per share)	Aggregated volume
XLON	177.50	3,678
CHIX	177.11	122,386

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:36	1839	174.30	CHIX
08:12:47	1839	175.00	CHIX
08:15:57	1581	175.00	CHIX
08:15:57	258	175.00	CHIX
08:16:03	1280	174.70	CHIX
08:40:13	3	176.00	CHIX
08:44:14	400	176.00	CHIX
08:44:14	1436	176.00	CHIX
08:48:34	527	175.90	CHIX
08:48:34	641	175.90	CHIX
08:48:34	400	175.90	CHIX
08:48:34	271	175.90	CHIX
09:00:17	11	175.80	CHIX
09:00:17	400	175.80	CHIX
09:00:17	400	175.80	CHIX
09:00:17	1028	175.80	CHIX
09:09:59	1766	176.00	CHIX
09:09:59	73	176.00	CHIX
09:16:27	1063	175.70	CHIX
09:16:27	776	175.70	CHIX
09:16:58	727	175.80	CHIX
09:16:58	1112	175.80	CHIX
09:19:06	907	175.50	CHIX
09:19:06	932	175.50	CHIX
09:22:01	1175	175.80	CHIX
09:22:01	664	175.80	CHIX
09:50:09	527	176.40	CHIX
09:50:09	1312	176.40	CHIX
09:51:09	469	176.40	CHIX
09:51:09	1370	176.40	CHIX
10:00:36	315	176.60	CHIX
10:00:36	400	176.60	CHIX
10:00:36	1124	176.60	CHIX
10:05:03	1839	176.30	CHIX
10:18:02	1839	176.00	CHIX
11:03:48	1173	176.60	CHIX
11:03:48	397	176.60	CHIX
11:03:48	269	176.60	CHIX
11:05:15	1531	176.20	CHIX
11:05:15	308	176.20	CHIX
11:38:31	524	176.40	CHIX
11:38:31	680	176.40	CHIX
11:38:31	495	176.40	CHIX
11:38:31	140	176.40	CHIX
11:39:35	1839	176.20	CHIX
11:50:13	1839	177.00	CHIX
12:02:08	206	176.90	CHIX
12:02:08	1633	176.90	CHIX
12:04:00	170	176.90	CHIX
12:04:00	333	176.90	CHIX
12:04:00	1336	176.90	CHIX
12:06:12	1414	177.40	CHIX
12:06:12	425	177.40	CHIX
12:06:50	127	177.30	CHIX
12:06:50	220	177.30	CHIX
12:08:47	745	177.30	CHIX
12:08:47	747	177.30	CHIX
12:09:26	1839	177.00	CHIX
12:13:01	1200	176.80	CHIX
12:13:01	639	176.80	CHIX
12:21:58	1839	176.90	CHIX
12:27:44	546	176.80	CHIX
12:27:44	1293	176.80	CHIX
12:51:53	1839	177.00	CHIX
12:54:31	974	177.00	CHIX
12:54:34	64	177.00	CHIX
12:56:14	801	177.00	CHIX
13:22:43	1839	177.50	CHIX
13:22:55	1839	177.50	CHIX
13:27:50	253	177.50	CHIX
13:27:50	651	177.50	CHIX
13:27:50	389	177.50	CHIX
13:27:55	393	177.50	CHIX
13:27:55	153	177.50	CHIX
13:35:27	444	177.60	CHIX
13:35:53	296	177.60	CHIX
13:36:35	910	177.60	CHIX
13:37:38	189	177.60	CHIX
13:38:41	363	177.50	CHIX
13:40:47	377	177.80	CHIX
13:40:47	1462	177.80	CHIX
13:42:01	219	177.70	CHIX
13:42:01	1620	177.70	CHIX
13:42:11	236	177.60	CHIX
13:42:53	497	177.60	CHIX
13:43:21	329	177.60	CHIX
13:43:56	417	177.60	CHIX
13:44:38	327	177.60	CHIX
13:46:50	33	177.60	CHIX
13:48:45	646	177.60	CHIX
13:48:45	1193	177.60	CHIX
13:49:30	1000	177.50	XLON
13:49:30	839	177.50	XLON
13:55:24	420	177.50	CHIX
13:55:24	1200	177.50	CHIX
13:55:24	219	177.50	CHIX
13:55:38	1839	177.50	XLON
14:13:27	540	177.60	CHIX
14:14:29	46	177.70	CHIX
14:15:21	332	177.70	CHIX
14:15:59	739	177.70	CHIX
14:16:37	331	177.70	CHIX
14:17:15	391	177.70	CHIX
14:20:25	288	177.70	CHIX
14:20:44	291	177.70	CHIX
14:21:03	296	177.70	CHIX
14:21:24	288	177.70	CHIX
14:22:38	294	177.70	CHIX
14:22:57	287	177.70	CHIX
14:27:39	1839	178.30	CHIX
14:27:59	341	178.30	CHIX
14:27:59	1498	178.30	CHIX
14:34:09	941	178.40	CHIX
14:34:09	898	178.40	CHIX
14:34:45	357	178.30	CHIX
14:35:11	290	178.30	CHIX
14:35:37	304	178.30	CHIX
14:36:03	308	178.30	CHIX
14:36:29	306	178.30	CHIX
14:39:00	274	178.30	CHIX
14:43:25	142	178.10	CHIX
14:43:51	614	178.10	CHIX
14:44:13	377	178.10	CHIX
14:44:13	390	178.10	CHIX
14:44:13	316	178.10	CHIX
14:46:27	326	178.20	CHIX
14:46:53	399	178.20	CHIX
14:47:19	376	178.20	CHIX
14:47:45	397	178.20	CHIX
14:49:29	341	178.20	CHIX
14:50:21	56	178.20	CHIX
14:50:47	516	178.20	CHIX
14:51:26	313	178.20	CHIX
14:51:52	604	178.20	CHIX
14:52:18	204	178.20	CHIX
14:52:43	146	178.20	CHIX
14:53:10	557	178.20	CHIX
14:53:36	512	178.20	CHIX
14:54:02	545	178.20	CHIX
14:54:28	225	178.20	CHIX
14:54:54	183	178.20	CHIX
14:58:15	1326	178.30	CHIX
14:59:32	69	178.30	CHIX
15:01:11	414	178.30	CHIX
15:01:11	30	178.30	CHIX
15:01:44	1255	178.20	CHIX
15:02:28	356	178.20	CHIX
15:02:46	228	178.20	CHIX
15:02:47	326	178.10	CHIX
15:03:12	347	178.10	CHIX
15:03:34	494	178.10	CHIX
15:04:07	342	178.10	CHIX
15:04:40	330	178.10	CHIX
15:05:13	530	178.10	CHIX
15:05:35	482	178.10	CHIX
15:05:57	493	178.10	CHIX
15:06:03	288	178.10	CHIX
15:07:39	46	178.10	CHIX
15:07:40	462	178.10	CHIX
15:07:58	404	178.10	CHIX
15:08:20	49	178.10	CHIX
15:08:42	464	178.10	CHIX
15:08:42	324	178.10	CHIX
15:09:04	136	178.10	CHIX
15:19:20	346	178.20	CHIX
15:19:20	1493	178.20	CHIX
15:20:28	1839	178.10	CHIX
15:21:10	332	177.90	CHIX
15:21:32	337	177.90	CHIX
15:21:32	1170	177.90	CHIX
15:23:44	54	177.80	CHIX
15:24:06	332	177.80	CHIX
15:24:28	339	177.80	CHIX
15:24:50	337	177.80	CHIX
15:25:12	345	177.80	CHIX
15:25:34	351	177.80	CHIX
15:25:56	81	177.80	CHIX
15:29:14	238	177.80	CHIX
15:29:36	358	177.80	CHIX
15:29:58	342	177.80	CHIX
15:30:08	901	177.80	CHIX
15:32:31	1839	178.00	CHIX
15:33:49	101	177.90	CHIX
15:34:07	351	177.90	CHIX
15:34:25	12	177.90	CHIX
15:34:43	350	177.90	CHIX
15:35:01	334	177.90	CHIX
15:35:23	691	177.90	CHIX
15:36:55	164	177.80	CHIX
15:37:19	332	177.80	CHIX
15:37:43	323	177.80	CHIX
15:38:07	226	177.80	CHIX
15:38:31	319	177.80	CHIX
15:39:01	299	177.80	CHIX
15:39:33	176	177.80	CHIX
15:50:23	1600	177.00	CHIX
16:20:49	819	177.40	CHIX
16:21:22	1839	177.70	CHIX

 

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